An 8-month-old boy died Wednesday after being left in a car outside an Ohio Walmart. The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office has since identified the boy as Jayce Markell Benjamin of Garfield Heights. He was pronounced dead around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday. According to the Macedonia Police Department, a parent or guardian drove the family’s four children to a day care …
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Ride The Ducks Crash: Four dead, many critically injured in Seattle tour bus crash ‘Video’
A Ride the Ducks tour vehicle and a charter bus collided on a bridge in Seattle today, killing at least four people and critically injuring another nine, according to the Seattle Fire Department. The incident happened shortly after 11 a.m. PT Thursday when a Ride the Ducks sightseeing vehicle collided with a charter bus on a bridge.
Read More »10 Percent of Pregnant Women Drink Alcohol, Study Says
One in ten pregnant women in the United States admit to occasionally drinking alcohol, one third of whom say they also binge drink, according to a new study. In addition to the data on drinking alcohol, about 3 percent of pregnant women ages 18 to 44 years old reported binge drinking, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control …
Read More »Saskatchewan: Youth to be banned from tanning beds this fall
If you are under the age of 18 you will soon be prohibited from using tanning in beds in Saskatchewan. On November 1st regulations to prohibit the use of indoor tanning beds for youth under the age of 18 will go into effect.
Read More »‘Cut the crap’ : Heart and Stroke Foundation urges Canadians to cut out processed foods
Canadians should pay attention to the overall quality of their diet instead of just focusing on saturated fats or other individual nutrients, the Heart and Stroke Foundation now recommends. Saturated fat intake increases LDL-cholesterol in the blood and high LDL-cholesterol is a risk factor for heart disease and stroke. New evidence around saturated fat intake and its effects on cardiovascular …
Read More »Pit bull euthanized after mauling 8-year-old girl in Quebec park
The pit-bull type dog that attacked a young girl in a Brossard park last Sunday has been put down. Longueuil Police confirm the 100 pound dog was put down with the owner’s permission. The child was attacked while playing in a park.
Read More »Study, Why Babies Smile: Robot Shows How Babies Are Actively Plotting to Make You Smile (Video)
Study : There’s more to learn about why babies smile. A team of researchers out of the University of California-San Diego have discovered that there is a hidden agenda behind a baby’s smile…they want to make their mothers smile, too. Babies are basically like comedians, using sophisticated timing to maximize the response of their audience, which is in this case, …
Read More »Your Tooth Enamel Might Have Started As Fish Scales, New Study
A new report in Nature says that enamel, the substance that coats human teeth, originally began on the scales of ancient fish. The scientific findings suggest that long ago the material served as a protective defense for the scales of early fish – the ancestors of terrestrial vertebrates, including our own species. “We hypothesize that enamel originated on the scales, …
Read More »Hajj stampede kills at least 453 pilgrims near Mecca (Video)
The annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca was struck by tragedy Thursday, as a stampede struck an area near the holy city, killing at least 453 people and leaving more than 700 injured, according to Saudi Arabian officials. The stampede occurred during the ritual known as “stoning the devil” in the tent city of Mina, about two miles from Mecca. Hundreds …
Read More »New species of dinosaur found in Alaska, scientists say (Video)
A new species of dinosaur that apparently thrived in the cold has been discovered in a remote corner of Alaska. The creature, Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis, was a species of hadrosaur that grew up to 30 feet long, lived in herds in the North Slope of Alaska, could thrive in darkness for several months at a time and probably even encountered snow …
Read More »Eugene Bostick: Man rescues stray pups, takes them on dog train “Video”
Eugene Bostick, texas man rescues stray dogs and drives them around in custom built train. 80-year-old Eugene Bostick from Texas operates the vehicle with his brother – which takes rescued strays out for fun rides around the neighbourhood. “They were strayed and we started picking them up,” Eugene told NBC5.
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